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https://i.postimg.cc/CB08qdvZ/CEO-Shredding-Machine.jpg

Thanks Geoff,

Done with 1pt line and looks fine and as you say more like the original. I actually like both - with and without the line.

Thanks and best wishes,
Sandy

Thanks Alfred, Geoff,

Alfred's input got me there fairly quickly, but didn't quite work where the top and bottom texts overlapped - unless I made a mistake somewhere?

Geoff's, while more laborious, worked fine. Examples of both attempts attached.

Thanks so much Alfred / Geoff,
Sandy
https://i.postimg.cc/V0vJRWDQ/Jumble-Sale-03.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/pyL5RPxG/Jumble-Sale-04.jpg

In an old magazine I came across the image in the attached and would like to re-create it in PPX9.

I have tried and tried but can't fathom how to do it - gettiing white text in the upper portion on a black background and black text on the lower portion on a white background.

Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Sandy


https://i.postimg.cc/Q9KySM58/000-Jumble-Sale-01.jpg

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https://i.postimg.cc/w18Pj4xJ/Furious-CEO-01.jpg

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Very sad news about Mike W.
He put me right so many times years ago in the old Serif Furums, as did Marylin - remember Marylin!

Sorry I am not here as often as I would like Alfred, but my 32-page football match programmes keeps my glued to the computer, and many sleepless nights too. It should be one match programme a fortnight, but the club is having a successful run in cup competitions, (apart from league fixtures), and I have had to do six programmes in the past four weeks.

Anyway, it was Mike W (and Marylin, etc!) who were my inspiration and work with all the Serif products over many years and probably the reason why I am still so involved with all Serif's legacy products.

Serif forums, old and new. brought us all together as one big family and when we lose a family member it affects us all deeply.

R.I.P. Mike W.

Hi Geoff,

Missed your reply while getting back to Tom.
Thanks for your input too - all sorted.

Sandy

Got it Tom - found in Text Manager, a tiny, tiny error.

In Text Manager I found the error, then clicked 'Display'; but it was sooo tiny that nothing seemed to display. So, I finished up copying the page to a blank publication and then by a process of elimination deleted bit by bit until only the error was left on display in Text Manager, BUT I still could see nothing! I then put a selection around what appeared to be a blank page, and low and behold there it was  the size of a sewing needle point. Deleted and publication now back to normal.

Cheers, Sandy

Hi Tom and thanks for the reply, but not wholly understood?
In the Index there are the forums listed and I posted on the PagePlus forum, which I thought was the way to go..?
Where do I go to find PagePlusx9 help?

BTW - I have looked in Resource Manager (RM), but nothing found so far. I'll go back in RM and have another look.

Is there a way of finding the offending characters and removing them?

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https://i.postimg.cc/BPtXYQZy/21-Today-Robbo-RED-CARD-01.jpg

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You know me - footy jokes and hope I'm not repeating myself...

There was a bunch of flies kicking a ball about on a plate.
One player turned to another and said: "you'd better pick up your game Jamie, we're playing in the cup tomorrow"

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Hi Alfred,
Sorry been away so long and late in on this topic- extremely busy with my football club!
But, as you say: 'easier said than done'. Apart from PP product keys being scarce, does anyone really send PPP files by 'ordinary' email?
My 32-page PPP publications come out at around 65mb - crammed with articles, graphics and images; where I doubt I could email that size of file. Converting to PDF reduces the file to around 12mb which is easily emailed, so Bookworm's idea of giving his friend a copy of PP may not work anyway if the files are too large to email?

A while since anyone has commented on the buy-out of Serif by Canva, but the Cons (for me) keep mounting up.
Here's another: -
'Canva has many outages and often runs slow'
and/or: -
'Difficult to login - or takes an age to login'
A colleague has taken over one of my DTP projects, which I did on PagePlus X9. He has decided to go the Canva route, having not used any Serif software previously. He reported these issues to me, so I did an online Canva search yesterday and lo and behold these issues, among others, are being widely reported.
If one is leisurely producing a DTP project, no problem - but if one has print deadlines to meet then Canva might well prove to be unreliable.

Little late joining the conversation, but whenever something 'new' appears, before deciding to buy I seek out websites describing the Pros and Cons and to be honest I always go for the Cons first.
Cons for me are: -
* Firstly, and appears where everything is going these days, Canva is cloud-based software. This is a bother for me as I have always preferred and used stand-alone software that is bought or downloaded to run independently on my system - where also, all such as personal photos and videos are stored privately on my system - and 'not' the cloud.
* Reports are that the free Canva is limited and one will soon want to upgrade to paid features which are an expensive monthly option.
* It is, therefore, a subscription service.
* Comparisons on 'comparison websites' rated Serif software as 'superior' to Canva - so an obvious choice for Canva was to buy-out Serif.
* What you see on your screen with Canva - might be different to what is printed.
* Confusing interface.
* One comparison website said: difficult to use on tablets and mobiles.
AND, here's two troubling Cons (for me anyway): -
* Canva can delete your account at any time they wish.
* Intellectual Property remains with Canva.

The comment has been made, 'let's wait and see'., but for me: too many Cons...

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It's a shame about linking as 'may be' the only way to go.
I did a 32-page A5 booklet once with all the images linked - the file with all the linked images got corrupted and I lost everything. I did my 32 page page publication again with all embedded, with a file size of around 100mb
ALNC - Question - what is the file size of your 40 pages?

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How can I import a PDF file to my publication?
Must have done this over the years?
Thanks in anticipation, Sandy

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https://i.postimg.cc/pyV5MCvj/Bar-Strings-01.jpg

Hi Vicki, Alfred,

I recall exchanging posts with you recently Alfred about MoviePlus X6 and the missing codecs.
In any event, I use to use MPX6 to convert formats, but obviously can't now.
A week or so back I mentioned that I could use AVI files to embed such in PPX9 for PDF playback, but not some other formats, but was keen anyway to convert some of my old AVI files. Well, I now find that I can use VLC Media Player to easily convert my old AVI files to MP4 format and feel now that I can move on just using VLC for such conversions. So, no need for MPX6 anymore for this process. Am I talking sense, in that VLC can do some things that MPX6 can no longer do?

Sandy

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Joe wrote:
Sandy wrote:

Truck load of shampoo is hijacked on the motorway.
Police are combing the area...

The hijackers obviously had a clean getaway.

All I know is they were head & shoulders ahead of the law...

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Courtroom out-takes...

Court 1
Judge: "How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?"

Court 2
Judge: "Could you see him from where you was standing?"
Witness: "I could see his head, Sir"
Judge: "And where was his head?"
Witness: "Just above his shouders"

Court 3
Judge: "I see., you was the passenger and can you tell me what gear the driver was in at the time of the accident?"
Witness: "Gucci Sweatshirt and Reeboks"

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https://i.postimg.cc/5YFn7Tyq/Boot-Up-Computer.jpg

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Truck load of shampoo is hijacked on the motorway.
Police are combing the area...

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Thieves stole the toilet at the local police station
The police have nothing to go on...

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https://i.postimg.cc/zLmVjms2/Gorilla-Soccer-Match-01.jpg